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Review in Brief: Toni Erdmann (2016)
Pretty much every review I’ve seen of TONI ERDMANN has been focussed on how unexpectedly good a two-and-a-half hour German comedy turns out to be. I find that overly reductive and more than a little patronising. American comedies are often … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Comedy, Jack Nicholson, Maren Ade, Sandra Hüller, Toni Erdmann, World Cinema
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Review in Brief: Seoul Station (2016)
SEOUL STATION brings back slapstick zombies and a good punch of dark satire in its final act, but as a companion piece to TRAIN TO BUSAN, it falls rather short in terms of character. None of the supposed protagonists are … Continue reading
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Tagged Seoul Station, Train to Busan, World Cinema, Yeon Sang-ho
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Review: The Handmaiden (2016)
THE HANDMAIDEN is unmistakably a Park Chan-wook film. A polished tale of control featuring sadistic torture and plot-reevaluating twists, this is far beyond the ordinary bodice-ripper. During the Japanese occupation of Korea, a thief (Kim Tae-ri) masquerades as a handmaiden … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Train to Busan (2016)
It must be a nightmare thinking up new ways to portray zombies, but the walking-seizuring, rictus-grinning infected of TRAIN TO BUSAN are certainly original, creepy and funny creations. You don’t need much of a shake-up in terms of the confined … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Comedy, Horror, Train to Busan, World Cinema, Zombie
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Downbeat Marion Cotillard Double Bill: Rust and Bone & Two Days, One Night
Marion Cotillard is rapidly becoming notorius for her drastic transformations of body and presence on film. She excels playing strong women worn down or broken by trauma, from the increasingly frail Edith Piaf in LA VIE EN ROSE to Mal’s steady … Continue reading
Playing Catchup: The Japanese Edition
A few more films I’ve (to my shame) only seen for the first time recently. This time, I’ve headed to the Land of the Rising Sun, and come back better for it. SEVEN SAMURAI (1955) Akira Kurosawa’s seminal epic was … Continue reading
Review: Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)
BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR stole the show at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, with critics showering it with praise for the sterling work of writer-director Abdellatif Kechiche, and particularly the film’s two leads Adèle Exarchopoulos and Léa Seydoux. With … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdellatif Kechiche, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Colour, Film, Léa Seydoux, Movies, Romance, Shortbus, World Cinema
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Top 3: Song Kang-ho
This article was originally published on Subtitled Online November 2012. A favourite of Park Chan-wook, having appeared in four of his films, and of Bong Joon-ho, having starred in two of his films – with one more (Bong’s English-language debut) … Continue reading
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Tagged Bong Joon-ho, Charlie Chaplin, Chris Evans, Film, John Hurt, JSA: Joint Security Area, Jung Woo-sung, Kim Jee-woon, Ko Ah-sung, Lee Byung-hun, Memories of Murder, Movies, Park Chan-wook, Sergio Leone, Snowpiercer, Song Kang-ho, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, The Good the Bad the Weird, The Host, Thirst, Tilda Swinton, World Cinema
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